Narrated by the man who runs the currently ongoing podcast with the same name (and one of the authors {Dubner}), he us great at communicating the very interesting but still complex concepts. This blends economics with statistics, sociology, psychology, and pretty much everything else. I listened to all but the last half hour (which I just finished over a week later) in 3 days, though admittedly I don't work. All in all it's innovation of thought mixed with a unique perspective, and it's all put together with the very unoriginal, but incredibly effective, tools of economics.

NOTE: Talks about drugs, sex, and violence (all scientifically) and uses foul language in a couple spots. I don't mind but just an FYI. Enjoy!

I learned a lot about incentives and what drives some decision making (microeconomics) but sometimes the data wasn't presented clearly. There seemed to be a lot of thoughts and information that felt like tangents. Still interesting, but sometimes it felt like there was too much information, so the point wasn't made clear. The baby names chapter especially wasn't easy to follow. Maybe I just need to listen to it again to catch anything missed.

Also, I would've appreciated a warning about language before listening to it in the car with my young kids in back... If there was one, I must've missed it. Oops.

I've had so many friends tell me to read this book, so maybe my expectations were just too high. But my initial reaction after finishing it was boredom. The statistics are slightly interesting, but there is a lot of conjecture and subjective material that leads the reader on a little. Plus, there is no overarching theme to it. Just a collection of random case studies.

I listened to Freakonomics while driving to and from work. While I found it interesting, I didn't find myself engaged in the reading of the book or its content. Frankly, based on its rating, I expected more.

Looking at things from a different point of view is the definition of creativity, in that sense, the authors are true artists. A collection of disparate topics that somehow relate. An excellent book and very enjoyable to listen to.

This book provides and interesting way to view economic. I would even say that the author took a rather holistic approach to analyze economic. But there really isn't much hard data or statistic to back up his theories. But non the less it was still a very enjoyable listen.

There are some really surprising facts in here, but the way folks talked about it I thought it would be quote-unquote paradigm shifting for me. It turned out more to be a book of intriguing but not really mindblowing trivia. I was flat out bored in the last chapter thinking "who cares?" every 15 minutes. But it's worth reading. It's very much solidly okay, but it won't knock you out if you took some Econ in college.